Interesting philosophy. Hope he is prepared for the step up because you can't hide from it much longer. Seeing how much money CCU gets from subsidies for their athletic budget, I am shocked they don't schedule at least one body bag a year to help with costs.

(09-15-2016 11:29 PM)slycat Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting philosophy. Hope he is prepared for the step up because you can't hide from it much longer. Seeing how much money CCU gets from subsidies for their athletic budget, I am shocked they don't schedule at least one body bag a year to help with costs.

Good luck this weekend CCU, keep on winning.

The winning is the key - they want / need fan support to keep improving. This weekend will be tough since we are playing one of the best FCS teams.

As far as preparation goes, I don't think playing a body bag game would help much. Look at App State's first transition year ... they went 4-8 with some FCS losses that I'm sure were embarrassing for them (NCA&T, CSU) and a 39 point whooping to Georgia. Did that make them better prepared for their next year? They still lost their body bag game - this time by 38 points. They also had an FCS loss to Liberty.

Apps timing was a little different. The FBS announcement was after the recruiting season, while CCUs was before. App only had one real FBS class which almost all were redshirted. CCU will be fine, I hope they redshirt a lot this year and next to prepare for the year they are bowl eligible.

(09-16-2016 06:34 AM)Saint3333 Wrote: [ -> ]Apps timing was a little different. The FBS announcement was after the recruiting season, while CCUs was before. App only had one real FBS class which almost all were redshirted. CCU will be fine, I hope they redshirt a lot this year and next to prepare for the year they are bowl eligible.

Fair point. I'm not really trying to compare the two other than the FBS games. You guys had some other turmoil to deal with as well.

In general, I;m not sure how much of an impact the one class will have on us this year anyway. I think we did get some upgraded players but most likely will redshirted - like you said.

So what if Coastal is does not have any FBS on this years schedule. Georgia Southern only had FBS game in there first year of transition to FBS. Now granted Georgia Southern FBS game that year was a big one but you have to remember that the game was already scheduled when the Eagles were invited to join the Sun Belt Conference.

Now Coastal go to Bama this weekend and kick the gamecocks all the way to Anniston.